Got the job offer different location
Hi, I have been offered a job. When I applied for the job, the opening wasin Los Angeles. Then they told me they have a more immediaterequirement in their Philadelphia office. I was not interested inmoving to Philly, I told them I prefer LA but I am willing to considermoving to Philly. Now that I am offered the job, I really don't want tomove to Philly. I talked to the hiring manager, he said a new openingwill most definitely come up in LA in 4-6 months, and that I can moveto LA after six months in Philly. He said he is willing to put that inwriting if I want to. I told him I will think about it and let him knownext monday. My question, is it okay for me to ask the hiring manager to put that inwriting? He did say he has no problem with that, I am not sure if hereally meant it. Is something like this common? Thanks. Put it in writing or not, so what? If business needs change, you're out of luck. How much do you want the job, how long are you willing to stay in Philly until there's an opening elsewhere and how lucky are you feeling? What if it takes 3 years before something opens in LA? Will you hold out that long? Tess Sure! You can ask for it in writing but, as Tess pointed out, if business conditions change - whatever they might happen to be, that doesn't mean that they can't keep you in Philadelphia. So, you take the job and move to Philadelphia with the promise to move back to Los Angeles in six months safely tucked in your pocket. Then, six months from now, you ask about going back to the west coast and somebody says, "Gosh, the job we thought would be available is still unavailable," or "Gosh, we've decided we don't need that position," or "Gosh, the person who made that promise isn't with us anymore," and you whip out you promise - in writing - that you'll get to move back and they say, "Gosh, we're sorry about that, but we need you here." Then what? If you REALLY, REALLY don't want to move to Philadelphia, I think you have to tell them that and keep looking. The only other option is a real employment contact, binding on both parties, that guarantees your return to Los Angeles in six months. On the other hand, it may all work out fine, but just because it's put in writing doesn't they anybody has to honor it - that's the point. Hope this helps. Paul W. Barada The Negotiation Expert
Well let’s look at this from another angle. Assuming arguendo, thatthey are able to place you in Los Angeles in 6 months or so, onebenefit of having the agreement in writing is covering off on issuessuch as relocation benefits. You would certainly hate to come to month6 under the assumption that the company is relocating you to LA only tofind out that you will have to foot a $3000-$5000 relocation bill. Getall of those things in writing up front. That said, I do agree with the others in that you need to account for aworse case scenario wherein the company decides that they will notplace you in the LA office any time soon. You need to feel comfortablewith the notion of living in Philadelphia indefinitely before youaccept the offer. | |
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